(What you can do is buy Starwood Preferred Guest points and transfer those to Miles & More. When you transfer 20,000 at once you receive a 5,000 miles bonus, so 20,000 SPG points = 25,000 M&M.)

This is why this new Economist offer is more interesting than usual. Via this link, you get 11,400 Miles & More miles for a £179 Economist subscription. That is 1.57p AND you get all the magazines.

If you know anyone in the US, you could order a subscription for them and pay just $190 (£131). A Canadian address costs you C$190 (£101). At £101, and with a number of Canadian relatives, I am tempted. The deal ends on 31st May.

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Haha….I do take much of what you say literally thus have amassed a large stash of points!
I must admit I used to be the first one down the dump but these days as I often try to unload unwanted stuff in a good condition (read printer ink!) at one of the more ‘generic’ London markets with the bric a brac stalls East Street, Elephant and Castle etc. I find stallholders there often take anything in a reasonable condition!
Childrens toys etc we still take to the charity shops are they are often gone by the time we walk past 30 minutes later!

Outrageous offer – can only be used if travelling with a 5-15 year old. Yet another example of those who choose to have children being pandered to, and given something not available those of us with a social conscience , who considerately decide against filling up an already over-populated planet, etc, etc. Yours enraged, a Daily Mail reader.

OT – Hilton seem to have launched a bit of a sale today. The Kensington Doubletree I booked yesterday for £95 is £80 today. Other London Hilton group hotels are correspondingly cheaper too. Might be worth a look – or even a post, though I haven’t received any official notice of this sale.

OT: But it’s the bits article. Eating at Theo Randall at the Park Lane IC tomorrow. Do I get extra points from using the IHG visa for drinks in the bar/restaurant etc? Or does it need to be charged to a room?

It is totally down to how the hotel charges the card. If the restaurant is independent and charges go through as ‘Theo Randall’ it will be single points. If it goes through as ‘IC Park Lane’ it will be double.